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Maintaining the healthy foot condition of captive Asian and African elephants is one of the most important yet most difficult tasks for zookeepers, veterinarians, and researchers.

Recognizing the need for a convenient and comprehensive health care manual, Blair Csuti, Eva Sargent and Ursula Bechert present The Elephant's Foot. Born out of a national conference on elephant care and physiology, this book is backed by 46 of the foremost authorities on the subject.

After a general overview of the elephant foot's anatomy and physiology, The Elephant's Foot leads practitioners through recognition, prevention, and treatment of a variety of foot problems. From nail infections to foot abcesses, readers will find this text contains solutions for most foot troubles with remedies or additional recommendations. This book will support anyone simply studying elephants or those working with elephants on a daily basis. ... Read more

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This three book set titled: Foot and Ankle Pain, Neck and Arm Pain, Hand Pain and Impairment. Dr. Cailliet's delightful books have been helpful to doctors all over the world, providing commonsense guides for diagnosis and treatment of painful or disabling conditions in various parts of the body. One of the outstanding features of these books is the concise and detailed descriptions of the structure and functional anatomy of each region, with excellent drawings graphically expanding the author's lucid text. These books have been acclaimed by reviewers everywhere. ... Read more

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Vegetation patterns along environmental gradients in the typical temperate desert from the northern slope of Tianshan Mountains to the southern edge of Dungaree Basin were quantitatively investigated. The results implied that the soil mechanical composition in the study area affects the vegetation distribution remarkably. With concern to the preference to fine grain, the order is Tamarix ramosissima community>Reaumuria soongorica community>Haloxylon ammodendron community. An opposite order exists for the preference to coarse grain. R. soongorica community has higher resistance to saline soil than H. ammodendron community, and occurs in habitats of higher salinity. T. ramosissima community does not show an obvious preference to salinity or water table depth, but a quite remarkable preference to a high soil moisture content. ... Read more

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A must read!
A very rivetting and hard-hitting collection of essays! A must read for anyone interested in social issues and the African American experience in America. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Underground Construction, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1498 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Deep challenges: 60-foot deep sewer direct bury installation in rock conditions.
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Demographics - the study of human populations - are a powerful, but often underused, method for understanding the past and predicting the future. In Boom, Bust & Echo 2000: Profiting from the Demographic Shift in the New Millennium, economist David Foot and journalist Daniel Stoffman take a look at the importance of demographics. They try to predict what baby boomers, "baby busters", the "echo generation", and other groups in the coming years can expect. This fully-revised edition of the highly successful Boom, Bust &Echo contains the most recent information on demographic trends in Canada and how they can affect your future.

Demographics play a critical role in the nation's economy and social life, and they affect every one of us as individuals. The more we understand demographic realities, the better prepared we will be to cope with them - and to turn them to our advantage.

In Canada, the aging of those born between 1947 and 1966 - the baby boom generation - has changed the economy, driven housing and other markets, and transformed social mores and lifestyles. As the boomers enter mid-life, as the "baby-busters" behind them come of age, and as the "echo generation," the children of the boomers, reaches maturity, how will the country change? Where will Canadians choose to live? What are the prospects for employment? Which investments will be favoured? What lies ahead for Canada's health care and education systems?

Everyone who plans for the future - whether it be for a large corporation, a retail store, a school system, a nonprofit enterprise, or for personal well-being - needs effective forecasting tools. Boom, Bust & Echo 2000 goes beyond the traditional methods of focus groups and opinion surveys to an analysis of statistical facts. Here is an original and indispensable work filled with arresting insights, provocative assertions, and practical answers. ... Read more

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Know Your Audience: First and Foremost - How Old are They?

`Know your audience' is the first rule of communicating, and an essential tenet of dealing with people is to know them, especially if you want to persuade, motivate, or get them involved.


This book provides a fascinating look at how demographics can shape attitudes, beliefs and, most important, actions.The authors maintain that: "Demography, the study of human populations, is the most powerful-and most underutilized-tool we have to understand the past and to foretell the future.


Demographics affect every one of us as individuals, far more than most of us have ever imagined. They also play a pivotal role in economic and social life."


Boom, Bust and Echo is a very unique and interesting book; it is well worth reading for the insights that it provides into the behavior of consumers or, as the authors claim, at least two-thirds of that behavior.

Interesting read but methodologically unconvincing
The problem with this approach is the simple assumption that a commodity enjoys demand depending on what age group it appeals to, and what is the percentage of this group within a country's population overall.

That is exactly the main argument of the author: show me the population trends, birth rates, percentage of age groups, and I will tell you what's going to be in demand.

This assumption needs to be defended more thoroughly, however. Education is a good example. Although birth rates declined in the US for the last 20 years, more people get university education today compared to the past. Obviously, the economy of the 21st century demands that.

Growth or decline rates of the population cannot be the only major independent variable predicting demand.

Interesting read but methodologically unconvincing
The problem with this approach is the simple assumption that a commodity enjoys demand depending on what age group it appeals to, and what is the percentage of this group within a country's population overall.

That is exactly the main argument of the author: show me the population trends, birth rates, percentage of age groups, and I will tell you what's going to be in demand.

This assumption needs to be defended more thoroughly, however. Education is a good example. Although birth rates declined in the US for the last 20 years, more people get university education today compared to the past. Obviously, the economy of the 21st century demands that.

Grouth or decline rates of the population cannot be the only major independent variable predicting demand.

Still ahead of it's time and will be until people catch up.
Having a bookshelf full of futuristic reading including Boomernomics, Next, Pig and the Python and the complete series by H S Dent and many books from Harvard press as well as every new economy magazine printed I foundmyself continuing to reach for Boom Bust and Echo as it has more backbone,the chapters contain more substance and historical data to back it up. Icommend this book to be carried at all times with a copy to be kept by thebed. ... Read more

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A Canadian Bestseller! Demographics is the key to understanding the past and forecasting the future. From financial planning to urban planning, Professor David Foot shows us how to track the trends that will have a profound impact upon our lives.

The boomers, the busters, and the echo generation: discover the nation's future - and yours - in demographics, the simple but highly potent tool for understanding the past and foretelling the future, by Canada's foremost expert. What are the best investments? Where are the new business opportunities? What will become of our cities? What are the prospects for real estate? The job market? Education? Health care? Foot and Stoffman provide answers in a book full of arresting insights and practical ideas. ... Read more

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Puts life in perspective
As a member of Generation-X (that means in 1998 I'm 35...)I find this book puts many things about life today in perspective. An excellent and easy read, I would recommend this to anyone who is fascinated by social anddemographical characteristics of our society. A word of warning though, forall you Gen-Xers out there... You may develop a new found hatred of peoplein their late 40s and early 50s... It's a fun book. Read it.

Puts life in perspective
As a member of Generation-X (that means in 1998 I'm 35...)I find this book puts many things about life today in perspective. An excellent and easy read, I would recommend this to anyone who is fascinated by social anddemographical characteristics of our society. A word of warning though, forall you Gen-Xers out there... You may develop a new found hatred of peoplein their late 40s and early 50s... It's a fun book. Read it.

I liked it so much, I made my wife read it.
I read this book in the summer of 1996, and found it to be an excellenttool.It takes a very organized approach to presenting the history ofdemographics and applying demographics to trends that we have observed overthe past.It is highly relevant to life in rural Ontario which is where iwas living at the time.Issues like the future importance of hospitalclosings, school development, and social programs should all be viewed inthe context of demographics.

After reading this I went on to read FaithPopcorn's books, and found them to be rather flat predictions thatdemographics could easily fortell.Boom Bust & Echo is a usefultoolkit for business people with lots of examples to draw from.My wifeand I had our own company at the time, and I had to make her read the bookso we could re-assess our strategy in light of this under-used tool, and itallowed us to reposition our company without straying from our originalmission. ... Read more